Both Andrew and Sharlene are right. This whole thing didn't start with any objectification in mind, of that I'm sure. My response was based more on what it degenerated into. The question was 'Do women play guitar?" Fairly innocuous. But it didn't take long for it to take a wrong turn. Normally, my blood pressure would not go up over this sort of debate but it just rankles me to see people, any people, reduced to some sort of imagery rather than taken as a whole, entire, person.

Let's put it this way; we've come a long way but we've still got a long way to go.